Small, cheap NAS box that supports nfs/rsync/ssh ?

PJ · 2009-03-31 23:16:11

Right now I am looking at Bubba|Two and if I don't find anything more interesting I will probably buy one. It seems to be pretty much what I am looking for and it should be pretty easy to change the default software, it comes with Debian from the beginning.

If anyone else is interested in it:
http://www.excito.com/bubba/bubba1/about-bubba.html

2 reviews that I found (there are more but I have read these two).
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/03/26/221217.php
http://www.linux.com/feature/148960

Dieter@be · 2009-04-01 11:46:25

PJ wrote:

Right now I am looking at Bubba|Two and if I don't find anything more interesting I will probably buy one. It seems to be pretty much what I am looking for and it should be pretty easy to change the default software, it comes with Debian from the beginning.
If anyone else is interested in it:
http://www.excito.com/bubba/bubba1/about-bubba.html
2 reviews that I found (there are more but I have read these two).
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/03/26/221217.php
http://www.linux.com/feature/148960

looks pretty cool

bender02 · 2009-04-01 12:18:00

@PJ: good catch! if i'd have spare 300, i'd go for it. the only thing is that it's a PPC, so it's going to be a real pain in the rear parts to put arch on it

rwd · 2009-04-01 17:28:06

PJ: indeed very nice.

Last edited by rwd (2009-07-24 16:44:00)

rwd · 2009-07-24 17:44:42

I decided that the PowerPc CPU the Bubba II is too underpowered for my purposes. Also the CPU is only supported by a limited number of distros. So I went with a Intel D945GSEJT mini-itx board (Atom N270 cpu), a Travla c299 case, and two 2.5'' harddisks. With some hacking the case could probably fit four. The system minus harddisks uses about 12-16W and runs fanless. Only for streaming I would consider the Nvidia ION, but that one requires a fan.

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Dieter@be · 2009-09-06 09:10:03

some more links:
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Intel-Intel … NAS-server (Debian can run on it, see http://cobbaut.blogspot.com/ )
usefull review site:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/85/93/
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/componen … /chart,13/

Dieter@be · 2009-11-09 20:59:49

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/25/re … tore-h340/
also pretty cool. i guess some other companies have "home servers" like these too

SleepyFloyd · 2009-11-09 21:35:54

I'm using this one. Paid 230€ with a 500Gb drive. Has a 7.1 soundcard build in, which makes it great as a mpd-Server. Could be a bit more quiet, but that's about.

.:B:. · 2009-11-12 21:34:14

Dieter, what did you get in the end? I ordered a ReadyNAS myself and am eager to put Linux on it myself (it running Debian Sarge), I'm already creating a SPARC buildroot to bootstrap Arch on the thing . The problem is, it seems the CPU is weak and I'd like it to do my torrenting (I have now 700+ torrents, and it never drops below 500+), so I wonder if it's up to the job. The purpose of the box is to be on 24/7 (torrenting as well) and it should do video & audio streaming, too. I wouldn't want my streaming to get choppy because of the torrents.

I have a regular x86 server now but I'll be moving to a new apartment soon and I don't want any computers (besides the laptop) in my living room there, and now the server has a sound card that's hooked to the amp. I'll be moving to a Squeezebox classic and the server will move to a closet somewhere, so I figured I might as well get something with low power consumption.

Sorry for hijacking your topic .

Dieter@be · 2009-11-13 12:03:33

B wrote:

Dieter, what did you get in the end?

I'm too much of an utopist, so I'm still waiting for the perfect device that is reasonbly priced

I did however buy an internal sata disk (2TB iirc) so I can do already backups. just not as perfect as I want, yet.

.:B:. · 2009-11-13 18:22:17

Hehe .

I am seriously considering sending the Netgear back and holding out for a while until I order a Qnap TS-219 (Marvell 1,2 GHz ARM, 512 MB RAM). The Marvell Orion platform that it uses is officially supported by the Linux kernel, and you can even install Debian on it with the regular installer . WoL would be nice but I don't know if I'm willing to pay more for that.

chriz · 2010-01-02 18:55:25

I've build a nas myself on an atom basis some weeks ago containing the folling components:

Motherboard: Intel Essential Series D945GSEJT
RAM: SO-DIMM 1GB DDR2
HDD: 2x Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB, SATA II (HD502HI)
Case: Codegen MX-31-A11
PSU: the case contained one... but the board wants an external one
cost ~ 250€

It consums ~18W-20W if my meter is correct (thx to the 945GSE chipset)

What I did so far:
- Softraid (raid 1)
- Soft-Shutdown by pressing the power button
- samba-server
- ntp-client
- S.M.A.R.T. monitoring

What I plan:
- backup (I'm uninspired what's the best for me)
- nfs
- rsync
- torrent
- print server
- streaming server
- dhcp + bootp + tftp
- some kind of webgui? or automatic alerts by mail?
- ... ?

Before I used an nslu2 with openwrt on it. That was also nice but to many devices (nslu2 + external usb-hdd) and no raid (I don't know if it's possible... but that would be a device more). Perhaps that's also an alternative for you?

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Dieter@be · 2010-01-02 19:25:13

chriz wrote:

I've build a nas myself on an atom basis some weeks ago containing the folling components:
Motherboard: Intel Essential Series D945GSEJT
RAM: SO-DIMM 1GB DDR2
HDD: 2x Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB, SATA II (HD502HI)
Case: Codegen MX-31-A11
PSU: the case contained one... but the board wants an external one
cost ~ 250€
It consums ~18W-20W if my meter is correct (thx to the 945GSE chipset)
(...)
Before I used an nslu2 with openwrt on it. That was also nice but to many devices (nslu2 + external usb-hdd) and no raid (I don't know if it's possible... but that would be a device more). Perhaps that's also an alternative for you?

aha. finally 945GSE boards are available. now i can start looking again. no , no nslu2 for me, it's too slow.

Dieter@be · 2010-02-24 21:24:10

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